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In his bestselling Every Farm Tells a Story, Jerry Apps brought color and detail to the dreams so many of us have of simple rural life. Here, in his signature style, he spins warm-hearted tales about growing up on a Midwestern dairy farm in the 1940s--stories that make his country year our own.

Wearing his hard-earned wisdom lightly, Apps tells a tale for each month of the year in the heart of the country, and adds aphorisms and the occasional recipe for good measure. We skate with him on a frozen pond on a moonlit night. We watch him drive the hired mans Model T touring car at the age of 10, recover from polio by driving a tractor during disking season, and learn to ride bareback on a pony named Ginger.

Whether shooting off firecrackers on the Fourth of July or suffering through "potato vacation" or overcoming stage fright at the annual Christmas program, Apps is a delightful companion, teaching us a gentle lesson as he learns. By turns witty and profound, his book reaffirms our nations rural heritage.

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“Jerry Apps, the UW-Madison emeritus agriculture professor, is one of the people who define Wisconsin, not only for those from other states, but also for those of use who are natives.”

Madison.com, May 25, 2007

“The meat of this new book is lovely stories about being a country boy, contemplation about the ways of nature and sage dollops of advice, sometimes delivered with gentle, dry humor. From his thoughts for May: Do nothing in haste, except running away from an angry dog.”

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Jerry Apps, bestselling author of Country Wisdom, chronicles a country year through warm-hearted tales of months growing up on a Midwestern dairy farm in the 1940s. Adding aphorisms and the occasional recipe for good measure, he tells of skating on a frozen pond on a moonlit night, driving the hired man’s Model T touring car at the age of 10, recovering from polio by driving a tractor during disking season, and learning to ride bareback on a pony named Ginger. Throughout, Apps is a delightful companion, by turns witty and profound, getting to the heart of the country.

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Jerry Apps writes novels and nonfiction about the outdoors, country life, and rural living for adults and children. He received the 2008 First Place Nature Writing Award from the Midwest Independent Publishers Association and the 2007 Major Achievement Award from the Council for Wisconsin Writers, and was elected a Fellow in Wisconsin Academy of Sciences Arts and Letters in 2012.

if you are thinking about buying this book, you probably should just pull the trigger on it. I bought for my parents and read it - it's full of great stories that are very relatable if you understand the time and place which they're directed at.